File:Frank (Francisco) Francis Molinas DFC.jpg

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English: Informal portrait of 425454 Flying Officer (FO) Frank (Francisco) Francis Molinas DFC, RAAF. Molinas was born in Spain, his family moving to Queensland when he was two years of age. A qualified pilot before the outbreak of the Second World War, he enlisted on 28 February 1942 and was trained as a Lancaster bomber pilot in Canada, shortly after training he joined 619 Squadron at Lincoln, England, where on 26 June 1944 he made Flying Officer. At 11:00pm on 18 July 1944 he piloted an Avro Lancaster from RAF Dunholme Lodge to a railway junction at Revigny, France, but on the return journey, at approximately 1:15 am on 19 July 1944, the Landcaster was attacked by a night fighter and crashed at Montreuilaux-Lions (Aisne) killing six crew members, including FO Molinas. Only the Flight Engineer, Sergeant (Sgt) J A Nealey, survived the crash having bailed out of the aircraft before impact. FO Molinas was buried at Montreuil-aux-Lyons British Cemetery and received the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) posthumously for his actions on the night of his death.
Date circa 1942
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